On May 20, 2006 at about 3 a.m., a five-car pile-up occurred on the West Side Highway near 79th Street in Manhattan. Initially, a taxi was rear-ended and caused to strike the car in front of him. While those three cars were disabled in the roadway, James Gregware, coming over a blind hill in the
Pain and Suffering Award for Boy’s Leg Injury Affirmed on Appeal
On August 7, 2007 ten year old Roy Nelson, was sitting on a bench outside his apartment complex at 1125 East 229th Street in the Bronx when he was hit in the leg by a rock propelled at high velocity from a nearby lawnmower. It turns out that an employee of the housing development
Verdict Affirmed in Favor of Child Hit by Car While She Was Crossing Street
Michele Daniel was eight years old on June 11, 2005 when she tried to cross MacDonough Street in Brooklyn and was struck by a car sustaining serious leg injuries. Her mother, Marilyn Davis, sued the driver and owner and on May 20, 2013, a Kings County jury apportioned liability 65% to the driver and
Court Affirms Increase in Pain and Suffering Verdict for Leg and Wrist Injuries
On August 2, 2007, Anthony Deandino, then a 25 year old ironworker, was a passenger on a motorcycle being driven by his friend Robert Munsen at the intersection of Colonial Road and 78th Street in Brooklyn.
Proceeding through the intersection, they were struck by a city bus that failed to stop at a stop sign
Appeals Court Affirms $3,166,667 Pain and Suffering Verdict for Leg and Other Injuries Sustained by Electrician who Fell from Ladder
On July 21, 2000, Daniel Hernandez was working on a defective lighting fixture at a Great Neck construction site when he fell from a ladder and broke his leg. He never recovered from his injury (it got worse and others developed too); he was never able to return to work. His damages lawsuit took
Large Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed for Teenager with Fractured Leg and Degloving Injury
On November 19, 2005, at about 7 p.m., Ernest Lewis, then 13 years old, was on his way home from church walking towards the bus stop at 145th Street and Convent Avenue in Manhattan. He saw a bus ahead and ran along the sidewalk to catch it before the driver pulled away.
Ernest reached
Appellate Court Determines Proper Amount for Pain and Suffering Damages in RSD Case
In December 2009, we wrote, here, about Diarassouba v. Urban, a fascinating and long-winding medical malpractice case of a 32 year old math professor at Manhattan Community College who ended up with nerve damage and RSD (a chronic, painful neurologic condition often presenting as a burning sensation) affecting his right leg after unrelated
Court Orders Substantial Reduction in Pain and Suffering Damages in Severe Orthopedic and Brain Injury Trauma Case
A 26 year old restaurant deliveryman was was bicycling in the Bedford-Stuyversant section of Brooklyn on June 4, 2005, on his way to make a food delivery from King’s Men Restaurant, when a car struck him from behind.
Jing Xue Jiang flew through the air and the next thing he remembered was waking up
Review of the 10 Largest Pain and Suffering Awards Approved by New York’s Appellate Courts in 2011
New York’s appellate courts issued decisions in 10 cases in 2011 that approved pain and suffering damages in the sum of $3,500,000 or more.
The largest was $12,000,000 for a 24 year old woman who was paralyzed when a weight-lifting machine fell on top of her.
The courts affirmed the jury verdict in five of
Brain and Leg Injuries Result in $15,000,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict Reduced to $5,000,000 by Appeals Court
On November 29, 2004 at about 3:15 p.m., Rashawana Belt was on the sidewalk that abutted the eastbound side of 110th Avenue, near its intersection at Merrick Boulevard, in the Jamaica section of Queens. In a split second, her life would change unalterably when a drunk driver mounted the sidewalk, struck Rashawana and drove her